Alex Ball of UKOLN will be co-chairing the Science and Metadata Community Workshop at DC-2011, the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. He will give an overview of scientific metadata for data publishing, citation, and curation, based on his work on the Scientific Data Application Profile Scoping Study and subsequent developments. The workshop will also feature a progress report on the development of a DataCite Dublin Core Application Profile (DC2AP) and discussions about metadata developments, issues, and challenges relating to scientific data.